Finishing machine



April 1, 1930. F. HINNEKENS FINISHING MACHINE Filed No'v. l2, 1928 "f Kw,

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FLORENT HINNEKENS, -OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO VAN VLAANDillRIlIhl' MACHINE COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ACORPORA'LTION 0F NEW JERSEY FINISHING MACHINE Application vfiled vIN'ovember 12, 1928. Serial No. 318,885.

Inmachinres forfinishing fabrics of the class in which the goods in being passed lengthwise through thermachine first undergo treatment with a sizing =liquid andthen H are passed around a series of'heated cans or drums to dry and set the size `onthe fabric it has heretofore been impossible toiguard against" the goods running: at times on the bias, or so that the warp threads were not parallel withthe longitudinal axis of the machine, or/with a vertical plane perpendicular to the axes of the cans or'drums, and also to prevent the piece running in varying width instead of atco'nstant'width. The conse- A13 quence of course in any case isinferior goods,

becauseithe treatment leaves thegoods-permanently set with. the faults therein. -Of course the tendency of .somegoods toy run faulty inthe mentioned respects is greater EF2) than lin others, but theV tendency ,is always present however carefully the axes of the drums Vandother rotating elements may be set in order to have them absolutely parallel and although `all such elements kmay be perfect There `is also tombe taken into account the fact that the differentpieces of goods to be treated haveidiiferent widths.

In order to overcome. these difliculties I provide apair of transverse scales at each end of the machine (to wit', one forward of the sizing means )andthe other aft `of the cans 0r drums) in whichthescalesl in each pair are on oppositesides of a common' plane' at right anglesto theaxesof said drumsand all the scales extend transversely of -said Planeand all have markings consecutively spaced from said plane and at Vequal intervals from `each otherand the lmarkings-on each scale have indices readingin regular progression from 40 said plane, those on any one scale being identical to'V those on any other; Thereby the attendant or attendants haveonly to See-that the side margins lof the goods, as the run isbein effected, coincide with the marking bearing the same index on all the scales.- In

consequence itis possible, withoutl any special skill or effort on the part of the' attendants, to produce finished goods whichfare free from the faults indicated and thus to avoid 5a the great loss whichis likely to be and heretofore has frequently-been anrincident of the use of` machines of this class. V I` know ofl course that simple scales have been employed for. use inV directing lworkof divers kinds through machines Afor operating thereon also, I recognize that it may possibly have been known to provide onesuch scaleat the in put and another at the output end of the machine. Sucli,'however, would only serve where there had not to be taken into account JID the susceptibility, as in fabrics, especially when wetted with asize .or'other liquid`,rof the warpto become distorted or change in'width duringthe progress throughl the machine. By providing twopair Vof scales, marked and in- 135 deXed as stated, the attendants haveimeans to assist themwhich `not only serves las a. guide for direction, and that as to each edge of the goods, but as ay gage for width. If the` goods,

.for instance,fisthirty-four (34)'inches wide, Y@

the attendants have onlyto see that each ledge is initlallymade to coincide with theindei; 34 and keep it in such: coincidence during the run.V i v 1 l When-a fabric 1 is woven some shrinkage almost invariably occurs in the weaving:`

' Thus a piece of'goods required to be thirtyfour;(3t) inches, for example, will be actually less than thirty-four inches ywhen-'it leaves the loom. The weaving plant requires C9 this discrepancy tobe compensated for in the nishing. In order that thiscompensation maybe effected-in theuseof my invention with certainty I preferablyprovide the pairs of scales onstrips which are' veach adjustable C lengthwise of theirV scales. v y

Fig. l is a plan of the improved machine;

Fig. 2 a side elevation; and y Figs; 3 and vtdetails illustrative of the invention. y V I In a frame 1 are -journaled'with their axes parallel three cans or drums 2, two with their axes in one horizontal plane and the third below and with its axis in another hori- 0 zontal plane, the drums being geared `together by gearing 3 so that the two upper drums rotate in one direction and the lower drum'in the opposite direction.y The drums are as usuakheated' iii-somev way, which is herer iin-1 material. They are driven from a motor 4 through an endless chain 5 connecting a sprocket wheel 6 on the motor shaft with a sprocket wheel 7 and gearing 8 connecting the latter with the gear of one of the drums. The receiving beam (not shown) is mounted at one end of the machine `with one gudgeon in a bracket 9, slidable transversely of the machine on the bars 10, and with the other gudgeon in a forkll (to which the beam is lashed in some way) revoluble in a bracket 1a upstanding from frame 1 and having splined thereon the gear 12 which meshes with a pinion 13 having a pulley 14 driven through a belt 15 from a pulley 16 rotating with sprock etA `wheel 7. The beam" may occupy various ositions in a line transverse of the machine y shifting the bracket 9 and fork 11 lengthwiseof the axis of the beam. The delivery beam (not'shown) ,f on `which the goods to be treated comes to the machine, is journaled in bearing-brackets 17 atthe other end of the machine frame.: 18 is braking means to pre serve necessary tensionon theheam and 19 generally denotes means for applying a sizing liquid to the sheet of goods before it passes the drums. i This beam may also occupy vari-` ous Vpositions in a line transverse of the machine byshiftingbrackets 17 on and lengthwise of bars20. So mu'ch is well known. Ononebar (preferably the outerone) in each pair` of `bars 10 and 2O are placed two scales, thoseon the bar 10 being marked 10a and those on theother bar 20a. The scales in each pair are marked off in inches or other equal linear units, and fractional `portions of these units may `also be marked oil equally. Thescale units and portions thereof of the pair of scales on one bar are equal to those of the other. Each scale has graduated indices, as 30, 32, 34, etc. forits unit markings reading from the inner end ofthe scale. Further, the scales in one pair` are` respectively opposite, lengthwise of the machine, the scales in the r other pair, or so that viewing the two parts from one end of the machine the two righthand scales read to the right from a vertical j plane intermediateth'e scales of both `pairs and the other two scales read to the left. "Each scalemaybe provided on `a separate'strip 21 attached to the bar 10` (20).

The objects being to have vthe width of the fabric adjacent one beam always the same as it is adjacent the'other, so that inthe finished i piece its width will not vary, and to insure'the fabric as it passes through the machine being kept in a path trulyperpendicular tothe aXes ofthe drums, so that it will notbe in places skewed `or"disto rted, itwillbe apparent that ifgtheworkman sees to itthatboth' margins register and continue in registerwith markings indexed l alike (for instance, B4)V on one pair of scales and also on the other these objects will be accomplished. 2 The goods will in consequence issue from the machine as free of skewing or distorting, although finished and consequently more or less stiifened, as when they enter it, and but little skill on the part of the attendant or attendants is necessary to attain these lresults. Q

\ In order to afford compensation for shrinkage `of the goods in the weaving or other previous treatment each strip 21 is adjustable on the bar 10 or 20 longitudinally of its scale, as by being provided with longitudinal slots 21a to receive set screws 22 penetratingthese slots anddriven into the bar. The boss iinislier sets the two strips apart a distance to compensate for the shrinkage; thus, if the goods have shrunk one-half of an inch and are in factthirtyiour (34) inches wide instead` of thirty-four and one-half (34%) inches, he sets each pair of strips so that the distance between their markings 84 is actually 34% inches, and the attendant neverthelessmaintains the edges of the goods at the markings 34. c

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A. nishing machine of the class in which the goodsare passed therethrough first in size-receiving relation` to a size-applying means and then around the surfaces of a plurality of heated substantially cylindrical ele-` ments whose axes are parallel `having two pairs of scales arranged one relatively forward of saidfmeans and the other aft of said elements and with the scales in each pair on opposite sides of a common plane at rightangles to said axes and all the scales extending transversely of Vsaid plane and all having markings consecutively spaced from said plane and at equal intervals from each other and the markings oneach scale having indices reading in regular `progression from said plane and `those on `any one scale identical to those fon any other scale.

j 2;: A finishing machine of the class in which the goodsare passed therethrough first in size-receiving relation' 'to a size-applying means and then around thesurfaces of a plurality of heated substantially cylindrical elements whose: axes are parallel comprising, with a frame supporting said means and elements, two pairs of strips arranged one relatively `forward of said means and the other aftcf said elements and all transversely of a plane cutting said axes atright angles thereto, thestrips in each pair having scales on opposite sides of and transverse to said plane and all'such scales provided with markings consecutively spaced from said plane and at equalintervals from each other and the markings on'each scale having indices reading in regularprogression from said plane and those on any one scale identical to those on any other, each strip being adjustable toward and from said plane.

`Intestimony whereof I atlix my signature` FLORENT HINNEKENS. 

